barf
Americanverb
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barfs,
present (3rd person singular)
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barfed,
past participle, past
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barfing
present participle
verb
noun
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the act of vomiting
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the matter ejected in vomiting
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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barfsimple
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barfssimple
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have barfedperfect
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has barfedperfect
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am barfingprogressive
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are barfingprogressive
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is barfingprogressive
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have been barfingperfect progressive
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has been barfingperfect progressive
Past
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barfedsimple
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had barfedperfect
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was barfingprogressive
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were barfingprogressive
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had been barfingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of barf
First recorded in 1955–60; expressive word of uncertain origin
Vocabulary lists containing barf
Example Sentences
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To get cleared, I have to pass a pre-flight instruction class how to use a parachute and an explanation what to do with the barf bag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“They were going around fanning people, handing out barf bags left and right,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last Friday, Schlossberg held a rally at Manhattan’s Terminal 5, the city’s worst music venue, known primarily as a place to barf while electronic music plays on the dance floor.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Honestly, I felt like I wanted to barf.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
When a queasy-looking Executive approached to ask their business, Kate cried, “Get back! She’s about to barf her Brussels sprouts!”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
The exhibition’s pneumatic tube busting through digital walls is its own such raucous canal, although here it backs up and barfs with a decidedly cynical edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Then a chubby fellow wearing sunglasses and a red sleeveless Q-Anon T-Shirt barfs brown liquid all over a picnic table.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
These are not polite, quiet pukes, though, but rather booming, bellowing barfs.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 23, 2015
"But what she really likes is the way he barfs."
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2013
I chomp my sandwich and it barfs mustard on my shirt.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
I think the zeitgeist barfed all this stuff up at the same time.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
“We were in Cabo once and we went deep-sea fishing. You remember that? How I barfed all over the deck?”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
A buffoon who barfed in the lap of the Japanese prime minister during a state dinner.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
Eager to rid themselves of the terrible burden of disposable income City barfed up £32m for Robinho, just as Chelsea were preparing to start selling shirts with his name on the back.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2018
“Hunh! You, uh, look like a planktonburger that’s been, uh, barfed up by a seagull and, uh, left out in the sun,” said Ton-Ton in an unusual flight of poetry.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
One reason I can confidently assert that she's not as dumb as she acts is she's undeniably swift when barfing up bad faith retorts, usually to innocent questions she's just pretending are "attacks."
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
You can’t shower, and microgravity prevents digestive gases from rising out of the stew of other juices in your stomach and intestines, making it hard to belch without barfing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
After that game, Hawkins revealed the components of his final meal before the barfing began: steak, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and calamari.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Featuring jokes, photos, quizzes, and experiments, this book has everything you need to better understand your own walking, talking, barfing, breathing, pooping body of WOW!
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
It was clear from their plan—and from Sticky’s mischievous grin—that by tomorrow most of the students at the Institute would be barfing up their suppers.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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